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Vince Young spoke to the media last night after playing in a charity basketball game and said he plans to stay focused and out of the spotlight.
Young made his first public statement after joining several Tennessee Titan teammates in a charity game on the Tennessee State campus. Young said he just wants to be a good teammate and added, “I do know I am healthy and my body feels great and it’s been a long time since I’ve felt that way.”
Young added that he has met with Titan coach Jeff Fisher and said,
“I just want to keep working out and staying out of the way unless they need me…I just told him what was on my mind and how I feel about the situation. I don’t want them to give me anything. I just want to come in and earn everything.’’
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Facebook User said:
April 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I’ll always root for Vince. Love to see him out there competing.
maninblack said:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Fisher will do what’s best for the team. I firmly believe that if Vince maximizes his potential then he’ll win his job back.
huge said:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
i’m not holding my breath
Facebook User said:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Man, those shots of Vince playing hoops are awesome. I heard he had some game. Any first hand accounts?
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Slugfest said:
April 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
“Whatever they want me to do that is what I am going to do. If they want me to sit on the sideline and be there to watch the game then that is OK with me, but at the same time I am getting my checks and I am fine.”
No, he’s not bitter.
Scipio Tex said:
April 20th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
From that picture he looks like he’s in shape. He wasn’t last year.
uthookem said:
April 20th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Well, he turned into Superman just when I was doubting him and wanting him to move to WR his RS sophomore year. I’m doubting him big time now.
Hook ‘em!
hopefulhorn said:
April 20th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Words are cheap. However, this is just the approach he needs to be taking. He got on the celebrity merry-go-round after the Rose Bowl win over USC and never got off until last season. Sounds like Vince is doing some growing up or maybe getting better advice and listening to it.
beowulf said:
April 20th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Probably in the wrong system for his obscene talents. Best player to ever play college football, and many of us that hang out here and there were blessed to have seen his every play for Texas.
RansomStoddard said:
April 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Beowulf hits it outta the park
Bartoncreek said:
April 20th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Jeff Fisher is an idiot. Doesn’t matter what Vince does and it doesn’t matter how bad Collins sucks, he won’t play unless Collins gets hurt. Vince is too good for a half ass coach like Fisher.
But, I admit that I am biased. I feel the same as beowulf and I refuse to believe that the best college football player my eyes have ever seen can’t play in the NFL. In 10 years if he hasn’t won multiple Super Bowls for someone other than Fisher, I will be stunned.
NateHeupel said:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Beowulf, unless Vince Young retroactively learned how to be amongst the best in the NCAA, and later the NFL, in punting and passing while simultaneously being a damn good DB, he is not the best college football player of all time. That’s a guy named Sammy Baugh.
The best player of the last 20 years? Sure. The best UT player? Definitely. The best offensive playmaker? Probably. But the single best college football player of all time? No.
Trips Right said:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Sammy Baugh? Really?
Petey said:
April 20th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
He can be successful in the Titans offense.The Titans need to tweak their offense though to allow VY to Run Run Run…..You know just allow VY to be VY.
VY is no bust. He looks slimmed down and sounds more serious.
I hope he starts every game for Tennessee. If Tennessee doesn’t want to play him, then maybe the Texans will pick him up in 2010.
Ecurbmanchild said:
April 21st, 2009 at 4:27 am
Nate, surely ye jest!
jinx said:
April 21st, 2009 at 4:45 am
When I do a random office poll of the best college football player of all time, Sammy Baugh wins every time in a landslide.
Huckleberry said:
April 21st, 2009 at 5:02 am
The thing you have to ask yourself is this: Why was Sammy Baugh punting so often?
Ha.
HenryJames said:
April 21st, 2009 at 5:18 am
When I do a random office poll of the best college football player of all time, Sammy Baugh wins every time in a landslide.
Do you work at AARP?
Trips Right said:
April 21st, 2009 at 5:48 am
Sailor would have called an offensive foul on Vince there. Then he would have refused to check the ball when no one honored his call.
NateHeupel said:
April 21st, 2009 at 7:09 am
No, I’m not joking.
Huckleberry, who said he punted OFTEN? I just said he had an insane average yardage per punt. But to answer your question, I’d probably guess based on the time period that his receivers had hands like Blake Gideon.
Blake the Snake said:
April 21st, 2009 at 7:13 am
What about my hands?
Huckleberry said:
April 21st, 2009 at 7:38 am
It was a joke.
I will admit Baugh was awesome. It’s true, though, that one of his most famous accomplishments was punting 14 times for a 45-yard average in a 3-2 Sugar Bowl win over LSU.
coach Callahan said:
April 21st, 2009 at 8:54 am
Tommie Frazier. Thank you for playing.
Scipio Tex said:
April 21st, 2009 at 9:21 am
Coach Callahan:
Respectfully, I love Tommie Frazier’s heart and will to win, but there is no single facet of football in which he is equivalent to Vince Young.
Facebook User said:
April 21st, 2009 at 9:35 am
I never call fouls in pick up games. And I would have had Vince on my team or wouldn’t have played.
coach Callahan said:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:03 am
Other than his back to back national championships, being voted MVP in 3 consecutive national championship games I’d agree with you.
Sammy Baugh said:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hey guys! This site is allsome!
Scipio Tex said:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:15 am
Vince on those Nebraska teams of the mid 90s would have given you three national titles.
Tommie Frazier on our 2005 team would have led us to runner-up status.
Vince was a better passer, faster, more dynamic with the ball in his hands, and took over big games in ways that no player has ever done in college history. He also wasn’t handing the ball to Lawrence Philipps and Ahman Green.
Tommie is a great all-time college QB and a beautiful fit for Osborne’s offense, but let’s get real.
coach Callahan said:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am
Vince Young a better passer? I hope you have a designated driver.
Nordberg said:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
See, I hate this, because I really liked Tommie Frazier.
But…. if he was a noticeably better passer than Vince, then why did he go undrafted, and why did Vince go #3 overall? I mean, that is if he was so obviously better than the guy that led the nation in passing efficiency as a junior.
Also, a quick google search tells me that Frazier completed 45% of his passes at Nebraska.
intellectual type said:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Tommy Frazier:
Passing: 250-509 (49.1%), 4,003 yards, 47 TD, 18 INT
Vince Young:
Passing: 444-718 (61.8%), 6,040 yards, 44 TD, 28 INT
I think I’d lean more towards Vince being a better passer, but that may just be me.
NateHeupel said:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Sammy, I thought you died in 2008. HGH is fucking awesome. It actually grew a human.
Huck, damn you and your cleverly disguised sarcasm and your sophisticated statistical analyses.
intellectual type said:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Also, fwiw.
“Frazier was never drafted in the NFL due to a serious blood clot in his left leg, a side effect of Crohn’s disease.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommie_Frazier
coach Callahan said:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Strangley Frazier had more touchdowns and fewer interceptions. I shall rephrase my hasty statement a much more efficient passer. Tommie wasn’t drafted because of the blood clots.
intellectual type said:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 am
That’s strange. I always thought efficiency was more of a product of completion percentage. Less than 50% is pretty dismal at best. We can just agree to disagree.
coach Callahan said:
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 am
I always thought scoring touchdowns and not throwing interceptions was efficient. Yes we can agree to disagree. I think VY was a hell of a good college QB, I just don’t think he was the best.
Huckleberry said:
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:26 am
Does the 47 TDs and 18 INTs for Frazier include bowl games? The Nerbaska site says he had 43 TDs and 11 INTs. Which I guess means he had 4 TDs and 7 INTs in bowl games.
Tommie Frazier QB rating: 138.1
Brook Berringer (Frazier contemporary – played with same teammates against same opponents) QB rating: 135.6
Vince Young QB rating: 144.9
Matt Nordgren (Young contemporary – played with same teammates against same opponents) QB rating: 78.9
Okay, that’s not even close to fair. But it’s funny.
For the record, Chance Mock’s rating was 142.1 for his career.
BatesHorn said:
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
Huck-
I heard Chance has some interesting investments. BC should look into it….